Line-winding mechanism



'Dec. 11, 1923.

W, SCHMID LINE WINDING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 17 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 11 1923; 1,476,769

'W. SCHMID LINE WINDING: MECHANISM Filed Jan. 1'? 2 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwuentoz atented-mec. ll, 123,

WILL sonnm, F COLDWA'IER, MICHIGAN.

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Application filed January 17, 1923.- @erial lilo. 613,12Q.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-l, WILLIAM Serrano, a citizen of the United States of America, residin at Goldwater, in the county of Branch and gtate of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line- Winding Mechanism, of which the follow-- ing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a line winding mechanism for fishing reels and has special reference to that classof level winding reels I wherein a line guide member is supported lll by the reel and actuated in synchronism with the spool of the reel to travel back and forth in parallelism with the axis of the spool to evenly and uniformly guide a line on the all till

spool when being wound thereon, such line guide placing the line convolutions on the spool approximately in or parallel to cross sectional planes of the spool at a right angle to the axis thereofwith such windings compact and substantially alike on the spool.

Instead of winding a line inthe above and usual way my invention aims to wind a-line on a spool so that some of the line convolutions will be at an angle to other line convolutions and thus prevent one line convolution from interfering with the winding or unwinding of an adjacent line convolution.

It is a well known fact that when reeling in a fish line, it is often wound so tiht that a portion or" the line will become ,weged between another portion of the line, that is, instead of the windin s being in their order on the spool one win ing wil sinkvbetween other windings and cause a back lash and entanglements when the line is to becast from the spool. The usual and well known level line winding mechanism aims to eliminateback lash is evenly lacing the windings on the spec but sucli mechanism does not prevent one winding from being wound tighter than others or sinking towards the core or arbor of the spool, This is especially true if the catch is or a heavy sinker or lure is used for t e reason that such wei ht on the line maintains the same taut whi e being wound on the spool and consequently there is a binding action of the line convolutions which is not desirable when and angular planes For instance, there will be one winding or layer of line on the spool having its convolutions in contact in the usual manner and under or above this closely wound line will be windings or layers" of coarse or open windings overlying a plurality of the first mentioned windingsto prevent the next layer or windin from a: ing into or interfering with t efirst mentioned winding. Such an arrangement of line windings-will permit each convolution of the line to freely leave the spool when a line is cast therefrom, as in bait casting, and all of this is accomplished by an article of manufacture which will cause a line guide to traverse a spool at variable speeds, first slow and then fast, relative to constant speed of'the spool so that while the line is guided onto the spool it will be laid thereon in such a manner that one part of the line cannot Wedge itself into adjacent parts of the line.

The mechanism by which the above results are attained will be hereinafter described by aid of the drawings, wherein Figure l is a front elevation of one of my reels, partly broken away and partly in section, illustrating the line ide actuatingscrew; v

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan of a portion of the line ide audits actuating screw;

Fig. 3 1s a cross sectional view of the reel and the line guide, and

Fig. l is a cross sectionalview of the gear housin of the reel.

In t e drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes a, semi-cylindrical reel frame having longitudinally alining reel seat members 2 adapted to be attached to a fishing rod or other support.

Suitably attached to end flanges 3 of the frame 1 are heads 4 and 5 and suitably journaled in said heads is a spool shaft 6 provided with a spool 7 having end members 8.

Suitably attached to the head 5 is a gear housing 9 containing a train of ars 10 for driving the spool shaft 6 an the spool mounted thereon.

,Mounted in the confronting faces of the heads a and 5 is a stationary longitudinally slotted sleeve or pillar 11 and mounted in the ends of said sleeve and extending through the heads i -and 5 are and bearings 12, 12* for the spindles 13 and llyrespeo tively, ota screw shaft 15 provided with till its

llllll socket 23for the pin M of a follower 25, gle to the former.

The spindle 14 of the screw shaft 15 supthat the separated line convolutions will be ports a drive gear 180i the train of gears in planes intersecting or at an angle to the 10 and a double crank 19 by which the screw planes of the first mentioned line convolushaft '15 and the spool 7 may be operated in tions, and this second winding constitutes synchronism. a barrier against a following winding from Slidable on the stationary sleeve 11 is a wvedging in, binding on or interfering with traversing 0r sliding tubular guide head 20 the first winding placed on the spool. Pichavinga groove 21 to receive a rib 22 of turing the line as completely wound on the the reel frame 1, said rib preventing turnspool there will be superposed windings ing of the traversing guide head during lonwhich are alternately composed of .closely gitudinal movement thereof on the sleeve 11. assembled line convolutions and separated At one side of'the guide head 20 is a line convolutions, the latter being at an an- If the line has been saidfollower and pin being insertable wound on the spool while taut or under through an opening 26 in the guide head 20 strain, because of a sinker, lure or fish, thewith the pin 24 extending through the slot line convolutions are supported in separate 27 of the sleeve 11. The follower 25 is and non-interfering windings, so that when adapted to engage in the threads 16 and 17 the line is again cast from the spool each of the screw shaft 15 and cause a traversing winding is free to play out without any enmovement of the a guide head 20, at two tanglement, temporary or permanent respeeds, when the screw shaft 15 is revolved. tardation, causing a back lash and trouble Protruding from the guide head 20 is a incident thereto. 7 line guide member 28 for a line 29 suitably. My invention in its broadest aspect in attached'to the spool 7 and adapted to be volves means for causing the line guide to wound on the spool or cast therefrom. v traverse the spool at variable speeds with no With the exception of the threads 16 and superposed contacting windings alike, thus 17 of the screw shaft 15, I have described avoiding interference between adjacent one of myreels andas far as this invention windings as the line is cast from a spool. I is concerned'the construction may be of the do not care to confine my invention to any usual and well known type of level line windparticular mechanism other than defined by reels, but in this particular instance I rethe appended claims. construct the screw shaft 15 so that the What I claim is l pitch of the threads 16 will be more acute 1. In a line winding mechanism for reels or different fromthe pitch of the threads wherein a spool is revolved to cause a line 17, thus causing the line guide to shift in to wind-thereon:line guiding means, said one direction at a greater speed than in the means comprising a reciprocating memopposite direction, during constant speed of ber actuated in synchronism with the reel the spool, and a distinct winding advantage spoolfor causing the line to form in windis gained by such a variable speed line guide. in on'the spool, one winding difi'erin in' For instance, with the line guide .at one end 'its angularity from an adjacent win ing of the spool or the screw shaft 15 and the relative toa plane perpendicular to thespool line 29 securely attached to the spool 7 the axis, said windings being formed relative low pitch thread 16 of the screw shaft may to constant speed of said spool. cause the line guide to move slowly along 2. In a line winding mechanism for reels the screw shaft. and Wi d or wrap the line wherein a spool is revolgved to cause a line 29 on or about the spoo 7 with the convoto wind thereon ;line guiding means, said.

lutionsclosely assembled in intimate contact means com rising a variable speed reciproand substantially in parallel planes approxicatory memlier actuated in synchronism with mately at a right angle to the longitudinal the reel spool for causing superposedwindaxis of the spool. There will be no spaces ings to be placed on the spool with alterbetween the convolutions and the first layer .nate windings of greater pitch than adjoinor winding of the line onthe spool will ing windings, said variations in the pitch be as usually produced by a good level windof said windings occurring relative to a com ing mechanism. stant speed .of the spool.

After the line guide has reached its limit.

3. As a new article of manufacture,- a.

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of slow movement parallel to the spool 7 reel element for causing a line guide to trav- I its direction of movement is reversed at a. erse in one direction at a speed difi'erent greater speed by the threads 17. which are from that. of the other direction, comprising ot a greater pitch than the threads 16. This a rotary screw having guide traversing will cause the l1ne 29 to be rapidly wound threads formed at difierent pitches to. the on a spool from one end member thereof to axis of the screw, said screw threads causthe opposite end member with the line coning such variations of traverse to occur 1 I V0l11t1OI1S separated and each convolution relative to a constant, speed of said rotary crossing a plurality of the first/line convoscrew. lutions placed onthe spool. This mean v 4;.A. new article of manufacture, as called nereree 1 for in claim 3, wherein seid screw has its threads formed by intersecting grooves e. The combination" or a line holding spool, gearing to facilitate revolving said spool to wind .a line thereon, a screw driven from said gearing, and a line guide actuated by seid screw to shift hack and forth relative to said spool, said screw having threads,

of diderentpitches to cause said line guide to trevel fast in one direction and slow in the o posite direction.

'31 he comhtion of e e holding t spool e crenk driven screw perellel to said spool, means ectueted in synchronism with said screw for revolving said spool, and e line guide actuated by said screw to shift hack and forth relative to said sl, said screw having threeds of dierent pitches to cause said line guide to travel last in one direction end slow in the opposite direction.

8. The combination of a reel, a screw operatively related to said reel, end e line guide actuated by said screw to traverse seid reel, said screw having threads of different pitches to cause said line guide to trevel fast in one direction and slow in the op osite direction.

..n testimon whereof lax my siature in presence 0 two witne.

WlLLlAM sent Jun. Wit 

